Fillers and biocompatibility: Lack of human complement activating capacity

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Perricone, Roberto ^a   Galante, Vincenzo ^a,b   Bernardini, Sergio ^a   Guarino, Maria ^a   Cervelli, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FILLER; HYALURONIC ACID; SILICONE; BIOMATERIAL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DRUG EFFECT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; IMMUNOLOGY; SCAR;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CICATRIX; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SKIN AGING;

EID: 40549086663     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000300218.62940.5a     Document Type: Letter

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